Tagged Rock

After the anticipated release of the bands third studio album, The 1975 are heading back down to New Zealand in September. Its been two years since the bands first tour here in 2016, and they are always welco...

Holy Shit! That was something!
We’re gonna get drunk and have a good fuckin’ time together”, Royal Blood’s lead singer and bassist Mike Kerr informed the crowd packed into Auckland’s Logan Campbell Centre last...

It’s been three years since the grizzly Scottish three-piece, Biffy “Fucking” Clyro, made their way to our fair shores. The band has spent the last twenty years plugging away y towards rock’s top tier, building...

Words by Chelsea Pickens
Photography by Chontalle Musson
I had seen Simple Plan before... It was 15 years ago and I was 15 when I fancied myself quite punk rock, in my over-sized skater shorts with nirvan...

Words by Theo Lee
What an epic gig to kick off my Labour Weekend bender. For the last few weeks I had my heart set on taking advantage of the long weekend by drinking and mucking around at a pool party until...

Following the release of their first live album entitled Unpeeled, Cage The Elephant have spent much of this year showcasing their music in a very special and intricate way. Stripping back old, fan favourite tr...

Words and photography by Sarah Bowden
With the promise of a free meat pack from The Rock’s Mike Garvey and a steady stream of beer flowing, the crowd at the final stop on Decades' All Our Truths Tour were in...

Bedford rock four-piece, Don Broco have just released a brand new single, the hard-hitting riff-driven ‘Technology’.
Of the new tune, frontman Rob Damiani says: “Technology is about a casual swipe through In...

Scottish rockers Big Country are bringing their bring their energy infused, foot tapping live shows back to New Zealand for four nights next March.
The tour comes as the group marks the 35th anniversary of t...

Departing from the raucous, arguably coarser tunes in The Phage and Badillac, together PANGEA have released a softer and sunnier track in the form of Money On It. The band have expressed that in their old age “...

Seven-piece Aussie punk-rockers The Pinheads have been on the scene for four years and, when not putting on one of their famously wild live shows, they can be found ten-pin bowling and eating slimy pizza in the...

Four years since ...Like Clockwork lit up every decrepit, angst-ridden flat on earth, musical rock veterans Queens of the Stone Age have announced a new album, titled Villains.
There are few details known ab...

HOT DAMN! Wolfmother returned to headline a show in Auckland and what a return it was! The Aussie three-piece hard-rock band annihilated the Powerstation with an energy that is rivalled by no other.
Wolfmoth...

We may have already been given 5 out of the 10 songs before the release date, and it would be easy to assume that the surprise had all but been spoilt, but there truly is nothing like listening to a concept alb...

Even without the mysterious pink bunny serving as a hype man — who was running around, urging the capacity crowd at Auckland’s Spark Arena to raise their arms while singing along to The Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop...

Three years on, a few thousand beers and outrageous fashion statements later, four-piece Ponsonby locals Scared of Girls have completed a glorious EP titled Suck now available for your consumption.
Contribut...

Leningrad, a Russian electronic/rock band hailing from Saint Petersburg, recently released a music video for their song “Kolschik” (or “Tattoo Artist” in English) which plays out a spectacularly bizarre sequenc...

Going to a Bad Seeds concert is something that can’t be missed. There aren’t many singer/songwriters like Nick Cave – with one of the most distinctive voices, the most imaginative of thoughts and the most depre...

50 years ago, The Doors broke through to the other side for the first time with its eponymous debut. To celebrate this landmark recording, the band's iconic self-titled debut will be as an expansive 50th annive...

When The Smith Street Band drummer, Chris Cowburn (far right in the picture above), suggested we do our interview in one of the band's vans in The Corner Hotel carpark, I couldn't help but point out that it sou...

Prior to their upcoming New Zealand show in January. I spoke to front-man George Pettit of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. We talked about the upcoming tour, future plans and The Ramones. Check it out!
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